Rahaman Mohamed N. Ceramic Processing and Sintering

Second edition. - Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2003. 876 p. ISBN: 082470988.As the field's premiere source, this reference is extensively revised and expanded to collect hard-to-find applications, equations, derivations, and examples illustrating the latest developments in ceramic processing technology. This book is concerned primarily with the processing of polycrystalline ceramics and focuses on the widespread fabrication of ceramics by the firing of consolidated powders forms. A brief treatment of sol-gel processing is also included.Ceramic Processing and Sintering, Second Edition provides clear and intensive discussions on colloidal and sol-gel processing, sintering of ceramics, and kinetic processes in materials. From powder synthesis and consolidation to sintering and densification behavior, this latest edition emphasizes the impact of each processing procedure on ceramic properties. The second edition also contains new and extended discussions on colloid stability, polymer growth and gelation, additives in ceramic forming, diffusion and defect strucutre, normal and abnormal grain growth, microwave sintering, Rayleigh instability effects, and Ostwald ripening.Ceramic Fabrication Processes: An Introductory Overview
Synthesis of Powders
Powder Characterization
Science of Colloidal Processing
Sol-Gel Processing
Powder Consolidation and Forming of Ceramics
Sintering of Ceramics: Fundamentals
Theory of Solid-State and Viscous Sintering
Grain Growth and Microstructure Control
Liquid-Phase Sintering
Special Topics in Sintering
Densification Process Variables and Densification Practice
Appendicies:
Physical Constants
SI Units-Names and Symbols
Conversion of Units and Decimal Fractions and Multiples
Ionic Crystal Radii (in units of 10-10 m)
Density and Melting Point of Some Elements, Ceramics, and Minerals
Aperture Size of U.S. Standard Wire Mesh Sieves (ASTM E 11:87)